![]() ![]() ![]() With the Tour de l’Ain, that’s a good block before the Vuelta.” The VueltaĪlaphilippe last raced the Vuelta in 2017, another season blighted by injury, and he came away from the race with a stage win and sparkling late-season form, getting within a few hundred metres of a rainbow jersey and then placing second at Il Lombardia. I didn’t do crazy training to be ready immediately, but I’m still curious to see how I do in Wallonie before San Sebastian. “This is a different programme for me compared to other years, and I’ll try keep some freshness for the end of the season, because I want to finish it better than I started it. ![]() It will be good to chase results but also to build condition,” said Alaphilippe. Obviously, I’d like to attack and get results, because they’re races that suit me. “The main objective this week is to enjoy it and get into race rhythm. Those injuries kept him off the bike for almost a month, put him out of the Tour and forced him to redesign his season completely. Alaphilippe’s season was interrupted by the two broken ribs, broken scapula and punctured lung he sustained in the mass crash before the Col du Rosier at Liège-Bastogne-Liège. ![]()
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